“Till Now” is the opening track off Banks’s third studio album. About her writing process and why she wrote it, she explains:
I think I cried while singing the first verse. I just felt angry, so I wanted to get rid of the anger that I had been carrying. And I like that it starts the album, because...
[Verse 1]
I saw you outside
Wearing my shirt that I gave you to remember me by
I don't respect you much, but I hate you much
And I hate the way I miss you sometimes
[Chorus]
Something ’bout the way it's like you're running me over and over
Something ’bout the way I miss you kissing me over and over
But you've been messing me around 'til now
And I let you push me around 'til now
[Verse 2]
Had me in your clutch
Had my trust and such
Had my head, had my heart, had my eyes
Baby, your words don't add up
Had your gas light on
Then you promised I'm the one who's crazy
[Chorus]
There's something ’bout the way it’s like you're running me over and over
Something ’bout the way I miss you kissing me over and over
And you put your words in my mouth 'til now
And I let you turn me around 'til now
And you've been messing me around ’til now
And I let you push me around 'til now
Till Now was produced by BJ Burton.
I thought I was done writing, and then I had more to say,” she reveals. “I’m so addicted to making music I was actually just writing for fun. This song just came out. It started as this midnight, future, weird, overt, sexual thing. We took that melody a few days later, and it turned into something c...